🎧 The Ride Home - 2025 Wrapped
A year in tech news, curated daily by The Ride Home podcast
📅 Episodes & Coverage
| Metric |
Count |
| Daily Show Episodes |
263 days |
| Friday Longreads Episodes |
45 Fridays |
| Total Episodes |
308 episodes |
| Year Coverage |
72.1% of 2025 |
🔗 Links Shared
| Category |
Links |
Average per Episode |
| Daily Show Links |
1,436 |
5.5 links/episode |
| Weekend Longreads |
98 |
2.2 links/episode |
| TOTAL |
1,534 |
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📰 Top 10 Sources - Daily Show Links
| Rank |
Source |
Links |
| 🥇 |
Bloomberg |
220 |
| 🥈 |
The Verge |
174 |
| 🥉 |
TechCrunch |
124 |
| 4 |
WSJ |
98 |
| 5 |
CNBC |
78 |
| 6 |
FT |
58 |
| 7 |
NYTimes |
50 |
| 8 |
Reuters |
48 |
| 9 |
The Information |
48 |
| 10 |
Financial Times |
37 |
📚 Top 10 Sources - Weekend Longreads
| Rank |
Source |
Articles |
| 🥇 |
NYTimes |
9 |
| 🥈 |
The Verge |
9 |
| 🥉 |
Bloomberg |
8 |
| 4 |
Wired |
7 |
| 5 |
WSJ |
6 |
| 6 |
Financial Times |
4 |
| 7 |
FT |
3 |
| 8 |
The Information |
2 |
| 9 |
CNBC |
2 |
| 10 |
The New Yorker |
2 |
🏢 Big Tech Company Mentions
The tech companies that dominated headlines in 2025:
| Company |
Mentions |
Chart |
| 🏆 OpenAI |
366 |
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| 🍎 Apple |
294 |
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| 🔍 Google |
234 |
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| 👤 Meta |
206 |
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| 💼 Microsoft |
139 |
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| 🎮 Nvidia |
133 |
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| 📦 Amazon |
90 |
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| 🤖 Anthropic |
79 |
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| 🎬 Netflix |
35 |
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| 🚗 Tesla |
20 |
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💡 Fun Facts
- 🏆 Most Mentioned Company: OpenAI dominated with 366 mentions - AI clearly defined the tech narrative
- 📰 Top Daily News Source: Bloomberg with 220 links
- 📖 Top Longreads Source: NYTimes (9 articles)
- 📊 Links Per Episode: An average of 5.5 daily links kept listeners informed
- 📅 Consistency: 263 daily episodes means coverage on most weekdays throughout the year
- 🎯 Quality Curation: 1,534 total links from premium sources
📈 Key Takeaways
2025 was the year of AI dominance in tech news. OpenAI’s overwhelming lead in mentions reflects the industry’s obsession with artificial intelligence. The top companies all invested heavily in AI, making it the defining narrative of the year.
The Ride Home covered 72.1% of 2025, bringing tech news to thousands of listeners.
| Generated 12/09/25 |
Data source: docs/all-links-2025.md and docs/longreads-2025.md |